NIPPON Kichi - 日本吉

2006/12/17

漆刷毛 Urushibake Urushibake (Urushi Brushes)

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It is said that brushes specially made for urushi work have been first used in around 12th Century for lacquering Buddhist images and altar fittings. Since then urushi brushes became indispensable tools for urushi lacquer ware all over Japan. In urushi lacquering, urushi must be applied evenly without surface irregularity. Therefore elaborate and taxing handwork is required for the making of urushi brushes. The bristles are usually made of human hair because it contains little oily substance that has the worst effect on urushi and it has little damages caused by chemicals. The best material for bristles is Japanese woman’s hair that is air-dried for appropriate time. The best selected human hair is impasted with noriurushi (a mixture of lacquer and rice paste), then set between a uniform pair of hinoki (Japanese cypress) boards, fastened together, and finally trimmed with a planer. Urushi lacquerers usually use their brushes for more than 20 years, during which when the brush top gets worn out, they trim it to adjust the shape again and again. Brush making methods vary according to the way lacquer is applied. Urushi brush making requires long experience and expert skills.

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